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S. G..M'GFARLAND;

OVERPLOWHPE PoR BATH TUBs.

(No Medel.)

Petented Sept;` 29, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL G. MCFARLAND, OE NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE- MYERS SANITARYDEPOT, OF SAME PLACE.

OVERFLOW-PIPE FOR BATH-TUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 327,295, datedSeptember 29, 1T 83.

Application filed June 9, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: j

Be it known that l, SAMUEL G. McFAR- LAND, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Overow-Pipes for Bath-Tubs, ofwhich the following is a specication.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through a portion of abath-tub and the waste-pipe, and representing the overow in elevation.Eig. 2 is a sectional plan at the line x x, and Fig. 3 is a detachedsection with the overflow-pipe lifted.

Bath-tubs have been made of a wooden case, A, lined with sheet metal, asat B, and having a wastespipe, C, and into the upper end of thiswaste-pipe O a tubular overflow, D, has been inserted, the lower end ofsaid tube D tapering and forming a tight joint where it enters into thewaste-pipe C. When the water in the bath rises above the top of the pipeD, it overiiows through the same. Devices similar to this have been usedfor basinoverflows within a vertical trunk at the side of the basin, andsaid overiow-pipe has been provided with a stem passing up through theslab by which to lift the overfow-pipe, and the same has been sustainedby giving to the stem a partial rotation, so as to turn a pro jectionupon the stem above the metal plate at the surface of the slab.

My present improvement is made for preventing towels, sponges, orarticles of that character drawing down into the waste-pipe O, and atthe same time allowing small substances-such as hairs and lint-to escapefreely. To accomplish this object, I apply at the lower end. of the pipeD a vertical range of fingers, E, the lower ends of which remain withinthe upper end of the pipe C when the overow-pipe D is elevated, as shownin Fig. 3; but these ngers E are not in direct contact with the interiorsurface of the pipe O; hence any small substances-such as hairs orlint-that may be arrested against the sides of the fingers E will drawdown with the water and escape into the pipe C; but larger substanceswill be retained within the bathtub by said fingers. At the upper end ofthe pipe D is the bridge F, to which is connected the lifter-rod G andhandle H. The rod G passes through the arm or bracket K, and said rod Gis oblong or elliptical in section, and the edges are cut away near thebridge E to form shoulders, so that after the parts have been lifted up'and received a partial rotation they will be sustained by the shouldersupon the rod G resting upon the top of the bracket K.

-ln bath-tubs it has heretofore been usual to connect the hot and coldwater pipes and cocks with one pipe that passes through the side or endof the bath-tub near the bottom, and terminates with a detlector tospread the water laterally. Vith this appliance di1- culty sometimesarises when the pressure of water is comparatively small, because, if afaucet is opened upon the first or second oor below the bath-tub, thewater of the bath-tub sometimes runs back and out through such faucet,the faucet of the bath-tub being open at the same time. I prevent thisdifficulty arising and also support the bracket K in a reliable mannerby placing the supply-pipe L, to which the hot and cold water cocks areattached, and the defiector M at a sufficient height for the bracket Kto be connected directly to the deilector M, thereby insuring thedeflector M being always above the upper end of the overflowpipe D, sothat the bathtub never can be filled up to such a height that the waterwill siphon back through the pipe L and run away through a waterfaucetwhen open on a lower floor.

It will be apparentthat the ngers E, guiderod G, and bracket K hold theoverflow-pipe in position, so that it will not fall over and dent orinjure the bath-tub; but, if desired, the overflow-pipe D can bedisconnected and removed by unscrewiug the bridge E from the rod G.

I have shown my improvement as applied to a copper-lined bathtub; but Ido not limit myself in this particular, as the tb or basin may be ofiron, porcelain, or any other material and of any desired shape.

Vhen this improvement is applied to a washbasin, the bracket K mayproject from the edge of the slab, and the basin must be of that kindwhen the Wall ab one side iS nearly verwhich deector M and bracket K arec011- Ic tical. Derailed, substantially as set forth.

The top end of the pipe D may be aring or Signed by me this 41th day 0fJune, A. D. bell-mouthed, as shown by dotted lines. i 1885. I Claim asIn invention- 5 The c0mbina5i0n, with the overiow-pipeD SAMUEL G'MCFARLAND' and fmgeis E, of the bridge F and rod G at Vit-nesses: theupper end of the tube D, the bracket K, GEO. T. PINOKNEY, and thedeector M of a supply-pipe, L, to VALLAOE L. SERRELL.

